Zhu Xi
1356——1395. The second son of Ming Taizu. In 1370, the third year of Hongwu, he was granted the title of King of Qin. In the eleventh year of 1378, I came to Xi'an. In May of that year, he gave a seal saying: "The people in the pass have been defeated since the Yuan Dynasty lost power. Now that I have established the world, I have to work hard to transfer, and the people have not rested. In your country, if the palaces are finished, they will not be able to survive." The urgent matters have been taken care of. "In August of the fifteenth year of the year 1382, Queen Gao died, and she and the kings of Jin and Yan went to the capital to mourn, and returned to the country in October. In the seventeenth year, Queen Daxiang came back to the court to seek repatriation. In the 22nd year, the main courtyard of the Dazong was renamed as the Zongren's Mansion, and the imperial court was designated as the Zongren's Order. In the twenty-fourth year, due to many mistakes, he was summoned back to the capital and ordered the crown prince to inspect Guan and Shaanxi. The prince returned and explained it. My fate will be restored next year.
In the first month of the twenty-eighth year (1395), General Ning Zheng, the commander-in-chief of Pingqiang, was ordered to conquer Fan in Taozhou, but Fan surrendered in fear. The emperor is pleased and the reward is very generous. He passed away in March of that year, and was given a posthumous book that read: "Those who grieve are the feelings of father and son; those who pursue posthumous titles are the Dukes of the world. I, the feudal princes, are the first to be enfeoffed to Qin because of their seniority, and they will always be in the position of Sui Lu, with Ping Ping." The emperor's family. He was so unworthy of virtue that he died. His posthumous title was Min.
Zhu Fan (1358-1398), male, was born in Zhongli, Haozhou (now Fengyang County, Anhui Province). He was born in November of the 18th year of the Yuan Dynasty. He was the son of Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang and Ma The third legitimate son born to Queen Ma Xiuying, the brother of Zhu Di, the founder of Ming Dynasty. In April of the third year of Hongwu (1370), he was granted the title of King of Jin, and in the eleventh year of Hongwu (1378), he was granted the title of vassal of Taiyuan.
The residence of the King of Jin is located in the northeast corner of Mingcheng City in Taiyuan. There was originally a square palace city. The mansion is 320 steps (approximately 528 meters) from east to west and 422 steps (approximately 696 meters) from north to south. It has three gates. The area is now called Nanhuamen Street, Donghuamen Street and Xihuamen Street. There is an outer city wall outside the city, which is now called the East Xiao Wall, the South Xiao Wall, the West Xiao Wall and the North Xiao Wall. The Jin Palace was destroyed by fire in the third year of Shunzhi in the Qing Dynasty (1646), and the layout was no longer tested. It is only known from the place names that the East Danchi and West Danchi are now known as the palace steps, and the Dongjiaxiang and Xijiaxiang are the east and west corridors in the palace. Inside the Xiaoqiang there are Tianditan Street for worshiping heaven and earth, Dianshansuo Street for catering management and Xinghualing Street for Guanfu Garden. Its former site is an area within Xiaoqiang (street) centered on the dormitory of the Second Affiliated Hospital of Shanxi Medical University. Zhu Fan was a literary scholar, Song Lian (chief editor of "Yuan History"), and a calligrapher, Du Huan (a calligrapher in the early Ming Dynasty). He was good at riding and shooting, and had strategies. A person with good eyes and a beautiful beard looks powerful and has great wisdom. Treat officials and subordinates with courtesy, and listen respectfully and carefully. At that time, the emperor was very concerned about border defense, and he wanted his disciples to practice military affairs. All the kings and those who were entrusted with the fortress were prepared for military affairs. The two kings of Jin and Yan were particularly valued. They ordered their troops to send troops out of the fortress and build cities and farm fields. They made a lot of contributions to consolidating the northern border defense in the early Ming Dynasty. Generals such as Duke Feng Sheng of Song Dynasty and Duke Fu Youde of Ying Kingdom were all restrained. He died in March of the 31st year of Hongwu. He was given the posthumous title "Gong" and later generations called him "Prince Gong of Jin".
In the second year after his death, Zhu Fan was buried on Heituo Mountain, 10 kilometers southeast of Taiyuan City (today's Laofeng Village, Huangling Township, Xiaodian District, Taiyuan City). The circumference of the tomb area is 1.5 kilometers, surrounded by rammed earth walls, which are more than four meters high. The tomb faces south, with a diameter of 15 meters and a height of 3 meters. The original archway and dedication hall in front of the tomb were all destroyed. The tomb was stolen as early as the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty. There is a record that "the man was wearing a black gauze and red robe, with an ingot of gold and an ingot of silver on his feet, and ten coffins and ten women on both sides." It was destroyed again during the Cultural Revolution. It is now seen that the tomb passage has been excavated for 50 meters, with caves in the east and west, and traces of looting are everywhere.
Zhu Fan and his concubines Xie, Fan and Liu had seven sons. In addition to the eldest son Zhu Jixi, who was granted the title of King of Jin, Zhu Fan, Zhu Jiyi, Zhu Jixuan, Zhu Jihuan, Zhu Jixuan, Zhu Ji[火高 ] The other six sons were named King Gaoping, King Wenxi (later changed to King Pingyang, and then the third King of Jin, and finally deposed, Youfengyang), King Qingcheng, King Ninghua, King Yonghe, and King Guangchang Wang and other county kings.
Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang prescribed twenty typical characters for the names of the descendants of King Zhu Fang of Jin: "Jimei, Zhongqi, Zhongqi, Zhixin, Shenmin, seeking prudence, Xianjing, Mu Shuxue to continue the previous practice."
From the Ming Dynasty to the present, the descendants of the Ming Dynasty clan with the surname Zhu are still the surnames of Fenyang and Pingyao, and they are widely distributed. It is understood that there are still some Li and Zhao surnames in Fenyang City in the contemporary era, such as the Lu surname in Hongsi Village, the Qin surname in Tiantun Village, and the Zhang surname in Southwest and Northwest Townships, etc., all of which were changed from the Zhu surname. Although the surnames of these people have been changed, the middle character of their names is still arranged according to the original Jinfu generation. It has been passed down to the 19th generation of "Qian" generation and the 20th generation of "Xiu" generation. In addition to Wangzhi Village in Ninggu Town, Pingyao also has Zhu Ming's descendants in Zhongguandi, Xiqiang, Xuexian, Xiangle Township, Yuefeng, Yingli and other villages in Ninggu Town. The number is not large, but the generation is still " "Ji, Qian, Xiu" etc., the surname has not been changed.
These are the descendants of King Qingcheng and King Yonghe. King Wenxi has no descendants. The whereabouts of the descendants of the other four sons remain to be verified.
Son
The eldest son Zhu Jixi is the king of Jin Dynasty
The second son Zhu Jiye is the king of Gaoping and Huai Jian
The third son Zhu Jixi is the king of Jin Dynasty
The fourth son Zhu Ji Xuanqing became King Zhuang Hui
The fifth son Zhu Ji Huanning became King Huayijian
The sixth son Zhu Ji Hongyong and King Zhaoding
The seventh son Zhu Jixi Guangchang mourned King Ping